Re-Key Your Locks with Kwikset SmartKey
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Re-key Your Locks. Reset your Security.
One of the quickest ways to improve the security of your home is to re-key the locks. Who has a key to your house? The previous owner whose mail still comes? The housekeeper you kept for a week? The contractor who never came back? You never can be sure how many copies of your keys are floating around.
In the past, re-keying could be an expensive and time consuming endeavor. That has changed with SmartKey™ from Kwikset®. SmartKey is the only lock you can re-key yourself in less than 30 seconds. As easy as 1-2-3 you can re-key all your locks whenever you have the need. You can match multiple Kwikset locks to one key, or replace a lost or loaned key with a new key, all while the locks remain on the door. By using the included SmartKey Learn Tool and your working key, you can safely re-key your Kwikset locks without special training or outside contractors. SmartKey’s re-key technology also is secure against unauthorized key changing, by requiring both the working key and the SmartKey Learn Tool to re-key the lock. Now you can control who has access to your home and reset your security.
In addition to SmartKey’s superior protection, style and design remain uncompromised. Kwikset SmartKey is offered in a wide array of the latest styles and finishes in handlesets, levers, knobs and deadbolts to match any home décor.
Reasons to Re-key:
- Recently moved
- Your child has lost their key, again
- Loaned out a key that you didn’t get back
- Have different keys for your front, back and side doors
Reasons to Re-key with SmartKey™ from Kwikset®:
- Control who has access to your home
- Avoid re-keying costs by doing it yourself
- Re-key in 3 easy steps that take less than 30 seconds
- Re-key without removing the lock from the door
- Re-key as often as you want
For more information on Kwikset SmartKey, visit www.kwikset.com/smartkey or call 1-800-327-LOCK.
9 Comments on “Re-Key Your Locks with Kwikset SmartKey”
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December 12th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I really appreciated your comments on the Smart Key from Kwikset. Today, I rekeyed one for the first time. It’s really a interesting principle. Unlike anything on the market.
Simple, yet complex. Thanks for the info.
Gary
January 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
IF KEY WAS LOST, I CANT PICK THE LOCK, ?? I NEED A SMART KEY RESET CRADLE, ??? IF SO HOW MAY I BUY ONE ,WITH CONTROL KEY ??
April 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
There is no special control key. If you lost the key you need to remove the lock cylinder and take it apart. Then you can manually adjust the levers to reset to a new key.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:15 am
they are great idiots lose their key or mess up reseting them then me as a locksmith takes about 5 min to take apart slide their key in (or one from stock) and bam $15.00
thank you for another bad invention kwikset
September 17th, 2009 at 12:18 am
huge disappointment when i got a call from my tenant who said her key was no longer working. i had just installed the new kwikset smartkey matching knob & deadbolt 5 days earlier & the original key just stopped working! db was ok but knob key wouldn’t work. so i do a quick google of kwikset smartkey problems & found that this is fairly common? what? what good is this? this is horrible! my tenant is locked out & it’s an hour+ r/t plus time to figure out a way in. ‘thanks’ kwikset!? if these things can reset themselves at anytime, kwikset is the wrong brand for me! i had a bad feeling about these… shoulda listened to my gut. is schlage a better brand?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Can I use a Schlage brand key when I reset my Smart Key lock to a new key??
Ben Erickson Says:October 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Hi Mary,
The SmartKey will only work with Kwikset keys and locks.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I had the same problem! The lock simply ’stopped working’ a few weeks after installation. What a huge PITA! I’m about ready to throw this back at Home Depot.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
WOW! What a piece of junk these lock are! I got locked out in the rain today with my four year old, so frustrating! Does anyone know how or why this happens? Can it be fixed? I tried calling customer service but they were closed… I purchased 3 sets costing over $300, I am unhappy to say the least!